new features volume alarm & open option interest

[glennohull]

is there any chance of adding a new feature of alerts on volume I use
Fund manager to follow Option prices and volume of shares traded.
it would be great to have the ability to alert on volume....


#2 open interest of a particular option.... would be a great addition yhoo from the option chain. not sure how you could implement
but very useful information to have

CALL OPTIONS Expire at close Fri, Nov 16, 2007
Strike Symbol Last Chg Bid Ask Vol Open Int
30.00 BTUKF.X 26.60 0.00 N/A N/A 16 54
35.00 BTUKG.X 19.20 0.00 N/A N/A 3 92
40.00 BTUKH.X 13.60 0.00 13.50 14.00 4 4
45.00 BTUKI.X 9.50 Up 3.00 8.60 8.80 22 21
50.00 BTUKJ.X 3.80 Down 0.10 3.90 4.20 60 477
55.00 BTUKK.X 0.95 Up 0.10 0.90 1.05 764 655
60.00 BTUKL.X 0.10 0.00 0.05 0.15 5 48
65.00 BTUKM.X 0.15 0.00 N/A N/A 58 418
70.00 BTUKN.X 0.10 0.00 N/A N/A 20 71
PUT OPTIONS Expire at close Fri, Nov 16, 2007
Strike Symbol Last Chg Bid Ask Vol Open Int
35.00 BTUWG.X 0.05 0.00 N/A N/A 10 201
45.00 BTUWI.X 0.06 0.00 N/A 0.05 44 167
50.00 BTUWJ.X 0.35 Down 0.05 0.25 0.35 150 447
55.00 BTUWK.X 2.15 Down 0.05 2.20 2.30 99 135
60.00 BTUWL.X 6.50 Down 0.36 6.20 6.50 107 22
65.00 BTUWM.X 8.10 0.00 N/A N/A 6 102
70.00 BTUWN.X 13.40 0.00 N/A N/A 10 10

Highlighted options are in-the-money.
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[Mark]

Hi glennohull,

Thanks for the feedback.

#1) Yes, "volume" alerts are pretty high on the to-do list for a future version.

#2) I see what you are looking for. I'd have to give this one some thought to see how we could implement something like that.